Syracuse, NY – One man is being treated for smoke inhalation at Upstate University Hospital this morning after a fire in his home at 138 McKinley Ave. in Syracuse, a fire investigator said.

Firefighters were called at 2 a.m. on a report of a fire in a large single family home. Firefighters were also told that there was a man on the porch roof, said Lt. Ken Heffernan, a city fire investigator. When firefighters arrived the man was on the ground, he said.

It took firefighters about 20 minutes to put out the fire, Heffernan said.

The person home at the time, Roberto Jimenez, 59, had been in his bedroom on the third floor, he said. Jimenez suffered minor smoke inhalation and was taken to Upstate University Hospital for treatment, the investigator said.

The fire began in an upholstered chair in the living room on the first floor, he said. The cause is still under investigation.

The fire spread from the first floor to the second causing moderate damage to the house, as well as moderate smoke damage to the second floor and attic, Heffernan said.